John Francis Hamtramck CLAIBORNE

(1809-1884)

CLAIBORNE, John Francis
Hamtramck, (nephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and
Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne, grandnephew of Thomas Claiborne
[1749-1812], great-grandfather of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr.,
great-great-grandfather of Claiborne de Borda Pell, and great-great
granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from
Mississippi; born in Natchez, Adams County, Miss., April 24, 1809;
attended school in Virginia; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1825 and commenced practice at Natchez, Miss.; member of the
State house of representatives 1830-1834; moved to Madison County,
Miss.; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March
4, 1835-March 3, 1837); presented credentials as a Democratic
Member-elect to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from July 18,
1837, until February 5, 1838, when the seat was declared vacant;
engaged in newspaper work in Natchez, Miss.; moved to New Orleans,
La., in 1844 and resumed newspaper interests; appointed United
States timber agent for Louisiana and Mississippi in 1853; author
of several historical works; returned to his estate,
“Dumbarton,” near Natchez, Miss., and died there on May
17, 1884; interment in Trinity Churchyard, Natchez, Miss.